West Point Cadet Hopefuls: Weigh In on Application Form Fiasco
Published Date: 3/31/2026
Notice
Summary
The Army’s United States Military Academy wants your thoughts on a new way to collect info from people applying to join. They’re checking if this process is useful, clear, and not too much work for applicants. You’ve got until June 1, 2026, to share your ideas—no money changes yet, just making things smoother!
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
West Point Application Time Burden
You (prospective West Point applicants) must provide multi‑phase admissions information that the U.S. Military Academy uses to pick the incoming cadet class. The collection covers Pre‑Candidate (75,000 respondents at 8 minutes each), Candidate applications (5,000 respondents at 105.4 minutes each), third‑party submissions (25,200 respondents at 10 minutes each), and Accepted Candidate forms (1,250 respondents at 106 minutes each), for a total annual burden of 25,192 hours and 106,450 respondents; comments on the collection are due by June 1, 2026.
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